Love is a mirror
28 November 2009
With love you cannot bargain
there, the choice is not yours.
Love is a mirror, it reflects
only your essence,
if you have the courage
to look in its face.
– Translation by Azima Melita Kolin
and Maryam Mafi
Rumi: Whispers of the Beloved
HarperCollins Publishers Ltd, 1999
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love is
a mirror
you see nothing
but your reflection
you see nothing
but your real face
–Translation by Nader Khalili
Rumi, Dancing the Flame
Cal-Earth Press, 2001
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